President Biden Announces Nominees

WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to serve in his administration:

• Elizabeth M. Aubin, Nominee to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Cameroon
• Stephanie L. Hallett, Nominee to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Bahrain
• Brian K. Stimmler, Nominee to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kyrgyz Republic
• LaKresha R. Moultrie, Nominee to be a Member of the State Justice Institute Board of Directors

Additionally, President Biden announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to serve as Republican members of boards and commissions that are required, by statute or longstanding practice, to include bipartisan membership.

• Stanley Ryan, Nominee to be a Member (Republican) of the Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation
• J. Tyler McGaughey, Nominee to be a Member (Republican) of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

Elizabeth M. Aubin, Nominee to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Cameroon

Elizabeth M. Aubin, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, is currently the U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria. Previously she served as Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs in the State Department. Other senior leadership roles held by Aubin during her three decades of service include Executive Director of the Joint Executive Office of the Bureaus of Near Eastern Affairs and South and Central Asian Affairs; Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy, Ottawa Canada; Executive Director of the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; and Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Algiers, Algeria. Aubin holds a B.A. degree from Barnard College of Columbia University and did graduate work at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School. She is the recipient of numerous awards including a Presidential Meritorious Service Award. Her foreign languages are French and Italian.

Stephanie L. Hallett, Nominee to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Bahrain

Stephanie L. Hallett, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Counselor, is currently the Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem. Previously, she was the Acting Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa and Director of Gulf Affairs at the National Security Council, The White House. Earlier, Hallett served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus and Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Muscat, Oman. Other domestic positions included Deputy Director of the Executive Secretariat Staff, Office of the Secretary of State; Office of Iranian Affairs; and the State Department Operations Center. Overseas, Hallett served as the Political and Economic Section Chief at the U.S. Embassy in Manama, Bahrain and Deputy Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, as well as at the U.S. Consulates General in Monterrey, Mexico and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A native of Florida, Hallett holds a B.A. from The George Washington University, Washington, D.C. and a M.Phil from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. She speaks Arabic and Spanish.

Brian K. Stimmler, Nominee to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kyrgyz Republic

Brian K. Stimmler is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Counselor. He currently serves as Director of the Office of Central Asian Affairs in the State Department’s Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs. Previously, he served as Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic. Earlier, he led public affairs sections as Counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria and Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Stimmler’s other assignments include service as Press Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia; Political Officer at the Office of the High Representative in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; and assignments in Tokyo, Japan and Washington, D.C. Stimmler earned a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and a Ph.D. from Princeton University. He speaks Russian, Bulgarian, and Serbo-Croatian.

LaKresha R. Moultrie, Nominee to be a Member of the State Justice Institute Board of Directors

LaKresha R. Moultrie has led a career dedicated to service in the Delaware community.  Moultrie currently serves as Vice President of Legal Affairs, General Counsel, and Chief Enterprise Risk Officer at Delaware State University, one of America’s leading Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). In this role, Moultrie provides legal counsel to the University and its Board of Trustees. She also uses her legal expertise to assess critical issues facing the institution. Recently, Moultrie helped guide the University through the acquisition of Wesley College, which gained the University the distinction as the first HBCU to ever acquire a college or university.

Prior to joining Delaware State University, Moultrie led a successful career at the Delaware Department of Justice where she began as an entry-level prosecutor and progressed to Chief Deputy Attorney General, second-in-command of the office. Her career at the Department included trial and appellate work in all the State courts.

Moultrie received her law degree from Delaware Law School of Widener University and her undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Pace University. Moultrie’s professional accomplishments and charitable activities were acknowledged when she was recognized by The Delaware Business Times as part of the Class of 2015 “40 Under 40” and one of the “40 Most Empowering Women in Business” in 2021. 

Moultrie takes great pride in her family. She and her husband, Samuel Moultrie, live in Hockessin, Delaware with their children McKenzie, Maximus, and Mahalia.

Stanley Ryan, Nominee to be a Member (Republican) of the Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation

Stanley Ryan is a global citizen and business leader with mission relevant executive leadership roles in developed and developing countries alike. He has lived and worked on five continents over 30+ years and has run nine major businesses, both standalone companies and divisions of a large corporation. Ryan brings substantial experience and proven hands-on capabilities to draw upon in a wide range of applicable areas including world trade, global food security, rural economic development, governance and accountability, large-scale development projects, and execution skills and competences.

Ryan is currently the Chairman of the board at Pacific Basin Shipping, a member of the Board at Saputo, and a Senior Advisor at McKinsey & Company. He has also served on the boards of Eagle Bulk Shipping and Outward Bound. His executive roles include President and CEO of Darigold, Inc. based out of Seattle, Washington, Interim CEO of Eagle Bulk Shipping based out of New York, New York, and 25 years globally with Cargill, Inc. leading a series of food, agriculture, and trading businesses.

Ryan received a B.A. in Economics and Computer Applications from the University of Notre Dame, and an M.B.A. and M.A. in International Relations from the University of Chicago. He is originally from Wisconsin and currently resides in Washington. He has been married for 28 years and has one daughter.

J. Tyler McGaughey, Nominee to be a Member (Republican) of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

J. Tyler McGaughey was a Partner at Winston & Strawn LLP in Washington, D.C. from 2021 to 2024. Previously, McGaughey served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Investment Security at the Department of the Treasury from 2019 to 2021 and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia from 2014 to 2019. From 2009 to 2014, McGaughey worked as a litigation associate at Williams & Connolly LLP in Washington, D.C. and clerked for Judge T.S. Ellis, III on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. From 2001 to 2006, McGaughey served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 2009 and his B.A. from the University of Virginia in 2001.

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